Chapter 1452: Tibetan soldiers overseas and the American Army

Because there is no concept of "nationality" in this era, Marin's name sounds like "foreign legion".

"Foreign legion? Brother, what do you mean? Why do you have such a strange name?" Simon's brain is not enough.

Can Marin tell him that he referred to the foreign legion of France in later generations? Therefore, there is no way to explain, only kick Simon, fooling past.

But the old Huffmans had the same problem, so he was not easy to be confused. So he made an excuse blindly:

"If you call it the Seventh Legion, it will terrify countries. I already have 6 legions and a Cossack Cavalry Legion that will not be announced. If the European countries know that I have such strength, they will be jointly targeted. , This newly established legion cannot be called the 7th legion. If it is called 'foreign legion', it can greatly reduce the worries of other countries ... "

Such a **** seems to be quite credible. Then, the old Huffman couple believed. Then, this statement became the official explanation.

In fact, this foreign legion was only temporarily loaned to Simon by Marin. Normally, this legion will help Simon guard Kiev. However, when there was a large-scale national war in the North Sea country, this legion was coming back to help. As for Simon's own Ukrainian army? Even the Polish knights recruited later will be his own ...

In this way, in the future Ukrainian Ukrainian state, the army is divided into two parts-the first part is the foreign legion formed by Marin to help it; the second part is the feudal lord composed of the Polish and Lithuanian knights recruited by Simon in the future army.

According to the ownership system, the foreign legion belongs to Marin, and the military expenses are also borne by Marin. Simon is mainly responsible for the residence and eating and drinking of the foreign legion when they are stationed in Ukraine. Simon ’s own army of feudal lords was usually scattered in his manor. Only in the face of war, or when the foreign legion leaves, will they gather to fight.

To put it bluntly, this foreign army is just a reserve army that Malin secretly keeps in Ukraine. But it was because he was afraid of scaring other countries that he was not officially declared a 7th Army.

Moreover, this foreign legion also has a very important task-recruiting a group of Polish wing cavalry ...

For this 10,000-man legion, Marin gave 4 cavalry regiments, with a total of 2,000 wing cavalry. During the war, these 2,000-wing cavalry will become a sharp knife, which will be inserted into the enemy formation and tear open the opponent's defense line. In addition, the cavalry regiment will recruit 3000 Ukrainian Cossacks as light cavalry to fight with the wing cavalry. As a result, only half of the foreign legion are infantry, and the other half are paired with 2,000-wing cavalry and 3,000 Cossack cavalry. If you take it out to fight, the fighting power is much stronger than that of ordinary legions.

As for the horse feed? Marin also thought about 5,000 war horses and 5,000 transfer horses, of which 3,000 Cossack war horses and transfer horses all use the Eastern European Mongolian horses that usually graze, which is the predecessor of the Don hippo. For the 2,000-wing cavalry, the horses used typical European horses. The transfer horses also use Eastern European Mongolian horses. After all, Eastern European Mongolian horses save feed.

As for feed, you don't have to worry too much. Because there are so many black lands along the Dnieper River around Kiev. By that time, as long as there are many kinds of soybeans on the Dnieper River, it is enough for war horses to eat. On the black, fat land of Ukraine, planting soybeans is absolutely enough for horses to eat. Moreover, keeping 5,000 cavalry on the prairie of Eastern Europe is not noticeable at all.

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To be honest, this time Louis XII's attention made Marin a little nervous. The German princes or France alone will not care too much. Even if you can't defeat your opponent, you can still defend the basic set. However, if the two are united, Malin will definitely not be able to fight.

Moreover, don't look at Marin now has 6 regiments and a hidden Cossack cavalry regiment of 5000 cavalry size. However, because the two legions are permanently stationed in England, he can really use it, but only 45,000 people. Moreover, because at least 10,000 soldiers and horses are required to defend the capital of Aurich, the actual number of soldiers and horses he can use during the war is actually only 35,000.

In fact, France is almost the same. In fact, the army of the whole France can probably exceed 100,000. However, the eastern border and the southwestern border with Spain need to retain a large number of border troops for a long time. Therefore, the French were able to dispatch 60,000 troops to fight, almost reaching their limit.

The same is true of the Ming dynasty, not to mention the establishment of more than 2 million people in the country (nearly half of the vacant space is actually only one million), but because the territory is too large, ordinary wars can only mobilize more than 1.2 million people. For example, the Battle of Salhu only mobilized 110,000 people. Of course, the financial difficulties of the court in the late Ming dynasty were also an important reason for the small size of the army.

The situation on the European side is better because European countries are generally small in area, unlike the Ming dynasty because the area is too large and requires too many border troops and garrisons. Therefore, in Europe, half of the army can be used in war. In the case of little vassals, a higher proportion can be used.

The North Sea country is not too small, after the annexation of the eight vassals, the local area is almost as large as that of the Portuguese kingdom. Therefore, the proportion of soldiers and horses that can be used here is also declining.

However, Marin only paid attention to the security of the East Frisian region, or the security of Aurich. Therefore, the proportion of mobilized troops is even higher.

But even with the 10,000 troops hidden in Ukraine, the upper limit of the horses and horses that Marin can use is only 45,000. In the future religious wars, this is not enough.

Marin's goal is to annex the northern part of Germany and establish a powerful kingdom similar to Prussia. By that time, there are many countries where Marin will annex. And the forces that hate Marin will also become a lot.

Religious wars are not princes fighting for hegemony, princes fighting for hegemony, not many princes involved. For example, there are 300 German princes who participated in the previous actions of Badenberland, but dozens of them. Most princes are actually watching. Because it's none of my business ...

But once a religious war occurs, Europeans will desperately want to believe. At that time, the potential of war will be fully tapped.

Also, when Marin begins to annex countries on a large scale, it will surely attract the hostility and fear of most German princes. At that time, it will be very difficult for the princes to unite desperately. If France intervenes again at that time, the consequences will be hard to predict.

Like the original "Thirty Years' War" in history, the cruelest part of the religious war, Germany killed most of the population. France also seized Alsace and Lorraine.

As long as the French are not stupid, they will definitely participate in the religious wars in Germany, and they will fish in the muddy water.

Therefore, Marin threw a bait early to attract France and Spain. When they finished playing, France had little ability to interfere in German affairs. After all, Spain is not easy to mess with.

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But even if he secretly hid an army in Ukraine, Marin still felt that the army was not enough ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ When the religious war broke out, the army's size would definitely exceed 100,000. In history, even the overlord of Charles V, who had two major empires, was beaten by the Protestant Smakarden League to sign the "Augsburg Religious Association Contract". It can be seen that the cruelty of religious wars far exceeds that of princes fighting for hegemony.

"Where else can we raise troops?" Marin spread out the map ...

As a result, Marin decided in minutes to plan to raise troops in the colonies of the North American continent ...

In fact, the Argentine region of South America is also suitable for raising troops. Local conditions are more suitable for reclamation than North America. Because there are not so many abominable forests in the Pampas grasslands that need to be cut down. Therefore, the difficulty of reclaiming farmland is much easier than that of North American forests.

However, the purpose of Marin's troop training is to participate in the European hegemony, not purely to raise troops. Therefore, close to the mainland of Europe, a ship that can be transported back to the North American colony on the east coast of North America by ship in a month has become the only choice. Otherwise, it will take more than half a year to return to Argentina. In addition to the time to send someone to notify in the past, the battle is over, and the soldiers are still floating on the sea ...

Therefore, Marin quickly decided to form an army in the colony of New York. Once something went wrong in the country, the legion quickly boarded the ship from New York Harbor and returned to the country to participate in the war.

As for the name of this legion, Marin decided not to call it the seventh legion, but the American legion. It is stationed in the colony of New York, and can not only rely on the food produced by the locally developed farmland, but also feed from the fishing grounds of Newfoundland. Moreover, this legion can also rely on its military strength to make a big attempt to attack in the inland areas of North America, gain more control areas, and carry out further development ...

The battle with Native American Indians can also allow a recruit to quickly grow into a veteran who has seen blood. This effect cannot be achieved by training ...